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"High school can be hell for anyone, but it’s especially difficult for teenage girls spawned by the emissary of a Cthulhu god! Cthu-Louise struggles and is teased at school due to her monstrous appearance. Finally fed up with the bullying and abuse, she decides she will do anything to make herself 'normal.' It’s Carrie meets Call of Cthulhu!" -- Dark Horse press release

The concept, as laid out in the first issue is that Bob Reynolds is a short order cook by day, and by night he retreats into a fantasy world using a science device where he can be the Sentry and therefore keep the Sentry and the Void out of the real world.

As the solicit text put it...

THE GOLDEN GUARDIAN IS BACK! FRESH FROM THE PAGES OF DOCTOR STRANGE...but is that really such a good thing? The greatest hero that the Marvel Universe ever forgot has returned! The Sentry – shining sentinel with the power of a thousand exploding suns – is back from the dead, but his troubled mind is far from finding peace. By day, he trudges through a mundane life as Bob Reynolds; at night, the Sentry soars across a gleaming, perfect skyline. But how much of the Sentry’s dual existence is real? And what of his dark other self, the Void? Jeff Lemire (MOON KNIGHT, Black Hammer) returns to Marvel and unites with Kim Jacinto (AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER) for this mind-bending series that will shake the Sentry, and the Marvel Universe, to its foundations.

Now, in Doctor Strange, Sentry had been at peace, Strange asked him for a favour, didn't really explain everything that the favour might involve and pissed off the Sentry, who flew off, unhappy and let down by his friends.

At the end of #1 somebody broke into Bob's flat, stole his device, appeared in Sentry World and killed Scout and Watchdog.

In #3, we find out that Bob's device was stolen by his former sidekick, Scout, and Cranio, the man with the tri-level mind,* and Scout wants Bob's power for himself. Bob, however, is stuck under ground with Iron Man because he violated the terms of his parole.

Now, my general view of this series, as a Sentry Fanboy, is that it is ugly and stupid. Apparently, I'm in the minority. From CBRThis mini-series was really, really good. It feels like someone has finally washed the bad-taste left by the previous mishandling of the character away. I'm so disappointed that this was only a limited series: Lemire seems to really "get" the character, and this new status quo is really exciting.

I really hope we get another mini or something soon. The setup is great, but the new status quo still needs to be defined a bit more. My biggest fear is some hack writer glomping on to this new Sentry again and reducing him to some sort of two dimensional villain role, or having him repeatedly rip off his face again like Remender always had him do, etc.

PLEASE MARVEL - this was such a great start, don't stop with this character now!

"It’s part of a tradition of stories that Emi [Lenox] and I both really enjoy, like Mean Creek and Stand By Me, where you have this group of kids who are confronted by something very dark and outside their experience. This thing it changes them and they aren’t equipped to deal with it because they’re children. It takes them them on a dark path and you get to follow them. The superhero stuff and more fantastic elements of the world are really background." -- Jeff Lemire

“Lemire’s script is heavily reminiscent of Brian K. Vaughan’s Runaways (arguably one of the best teen superhero comics ever)... Lemire lays impressive groundwork for a larger narrative that gives the team a stronger sense of direction than they’ve had in years. And he does so by turning to themes that any teenage reader will recognize.”—A.V. CLUB/THE ONION

"The fun for me is seeing these characters, who are very grounded and very realistic kids, and then have these insane things starting to happen, and then having them be able to react to it the way maybe a normal teenager would, as opposed to a teenager who's grown up in 50 years of superheroes flying around them." - Jeff Lemire

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